Photoshop has been around for 27 years now, and has grown exponentially from a compact photo editor to an all encompassing imageprocessing behemoth. As such, there are often several ways to do the same job, and some tools are better than others.
Over the next few pages, we reveal our 10 best Photoshop tools. These aren’t necessarily the most powerful or useful. The main criteria is that they’re very good at what they do, and rarely let us down. Conversely, there are other tools that are a constant letdown, so we’ll also look at 10 tools to avoid.
Along the way, you’ll find a host of useful tool tips and video tutorial techniques to help you become a master of the mighty Photoshop toolbox.…